Enabling NTP on ESXi

Login to the ESXi host from the Vsphere web client & click on the configuration tab.

Now from the Software menu click on time settings. You will see the following display:

To enable NTP, click on properties tab from the top right corner. The following box appears on screen. Check mark the ‘NTP client enabled’ box to enable NTP & then click on options to add NTP servers:

Under NTP settings click on add & a box will appear where you can enter the address of the NTP server. Enter the address & press ok. Check mark ‘restart NTP’ & click on ‘ok’ under the NTP settings for the changes to take effect.